Are airline pilots forgetting how to fly? As planes become ever more reliant on automation to navigate crowded skies, safety officials worry there will be more deadly accidents traced to pilots who have lost their hands-on instincts in the air. ...

Airport security stops one airline pilot because he’s carrying a butter knife. Elsewhere, crews opt for pat-down searches because they fear low-level radiation from body scanners could be harmful. And in San Diego, one traveler is told he can’t fly ...

Spirit Airlines and its striking pilots agreed to meet with mediators on Tuesday, the union said, signaling a potential thaw that would be welcomed by the thousands of customers holding tickets on the grounded airline. Spirit carries just 1 percent ...